halt

halt has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
• n.. A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
• v. i.. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
• v. i.. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
• v. t.. To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
• a.. Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
• n.. The act of limping; lameness.
• a.. To walk lamely; to limp.
• a.. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
• n.. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
• n.. the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
• n.. the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"